Jeffrey A. Yeager

As a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Litigation, Construction, and Commercial Services and Restructuring Groups, Jeffrey A. Yeager provides clients involved in complex business and civil litigation with creative, practical advice and strategies for managing risk and resolving disputes.

Jeff has extensive experience litigating, arbitrating and mediating cases in the context of complex contract disputes, construction disputes, business torts, real estate transactions, business and asset sales, intellectual property, class actions, defamation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, collections, secured transactions, and government bidding and procurement. With over two decades of practice, Jeff brings a broad vision to problem-solving and identifying solutions that range from negotiating settlements, taking cases to judgment, or re-negotiating contracts to rebuild relationships.

Jeff is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio; the United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the District of Colorado; and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits.

Jeff maintains an AV Preeminent^® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest available ranking for legal ability and professional ethics.  Jeff has been recognized as a Top Lawyer by Columbus CEO Magazine and has been selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, 2021 to the present.

Accolades

• Obtaining and collecting on a $6 million arbitration award against a publicly-traded company arising from an earn-out agreement.
• Obtaining a judgment upholding the award of a statewide government contract on behalf of a successful bidder.
• Obtaining a judgment barring the enforcement of an improper security agreement against a multi-million dollar contract and successfully defending an appeal of that judgment.
• Obtaining and defending on appeal a judgment enforcing the rights of a commercial tenant in a multi-year, multimillion dollar lease.
• Defending the rights of commercial landlords and re-negotiating leases.
• Resolving ownership disputes relating to closely held corporations and limited liability companies.

• Best Lawyers Recognizes 87 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Across 53 Specialties
  August 17, 2023
• Best Lawyers Recognizes 75 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Across 45 Specialties
  August 18, 2022
• Appellate Court Affirms Unanimous Jury Verdict for Hahn Loeser Client TRAX Construction Co.
  September 30, 2021
• Seventy-One Hahn Loeser Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers Across Forty-Seven Specialties
  August 19, 2021
• Seventy-Four Hahn Loeser Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers Across Forty-Six Specialties
  August 20, 2020
• Jeffrey A. Yeager Appointed to Ohio State Bar Association’s Advisory Council on Diversity Initiatives
  August 17, 2020
• Hahn Loeser Obtains Unanimous Jury Verdict for TRAX Construction Co.
  January 30, 2020

• Speaker

  Ohio Mechanics’ Lien Law for General Contractors (Builders Exchange of Central Ohio)

  December 05, 2024
• Author

  “Greening” Your Contracts (Properties Magazine)

  September 18, 2023
• Author

  Laying A Foundation: Understanding Your Options When Entering into a Construction Contract (Properties Magazine)

  February 15, 2023
• Author

  Proposed Rule Creates Nationwide Ban on Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts

  January 17, 2023
• Author

  Legal Perspectives: A River (Sometimes) Runs Through It (Properties Magazine)

  June 23, 2022
• Author

  Let’s Settle this in the Octagon – or Not (Properties Magazine)

  December 17, 2021
• Author

  Congress Reopens the Paycheck Protection Program

  January 21, 2021